Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 175, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 7, 1967 Page: 3 of 30
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BROWNWOOD BULLETIN, Sunday, May 1, 1967-
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Ralph Ross, assistant mana-
ger of La Casita, said "we need
this crop to operate at a profit
, and make up for the lousy
HPC PARENTS' WEEKEND—Famil-
ies of Howard Payne College students
from all over the state were in Brown-
wood this weekend for the school's
annual parents’ weekend. Here seated
left to right Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Es-
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County, but La Casita of Uda’s,
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lionet drive aimed at La Casita He said attempts to halt rail
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wage of $1 an hour as a mini- out of the gates of the sprawling,
mum to all of our, workers and irngated farm
some get as much as $1.65 an "They can stop our workers
hour" Ross said from coming in for an hour or
Describing the members of so or even sh us down for a
the union, as "not even our em- day, but we can stop that in
ployes," Ross said the orgarza- court." Ross said
will make "every attempt to.
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“Our employes are not into- cause a single rail line runs
ested in this union and we are from the packing sheds to Har-
riet about, to negotiate with linger some 75 miles to the
these poople (the UFWOC and east, for eventual shipment to
make them join a union," Ray markets in the north and east.
Rochester, general manager of "We’l be shipping 54 to fin
.____ ______________ - . the large farm said. (fail i car-loads of melons a day
the farm, described this years Starr County Atty Randall at the peak harvest period.”
crop as "the besjiwe have had Wye said Texas Rangers are Ross said
for about five years,” He said "on standby" to assit local law The union halted rail shipment
heavy rainfall last week fell enforcement officials "in the last November of five ca. -loads
“at the right time” event we need them.” of bell peppers by setting up a
La Casita, the largest farming Nye emphasized that the role picket line along the railroad
operation in Starr County, has of law enforcement officers in track It took about five hours
about 1.600 acres under, cuitiva- th eimpending showdown will be ’ for a management crew from
tion. with- about 300 acres of"to protect property and the Harlingen to start moving the'
cantaloupes and 500 acres of satety of bhose on both sides." tram again after union trainmen
honeydew melons The harvest We wilT have adeguate per- refused to drive a switch engine
season will last four to six sonnel here to keep the peace," past the pickets.
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ticials have said "the melon priests on charges of disturbing
season will bring the show-i the peace near La Casit,
down" Farms. ' .;
The union seeks a minimum Farm officials expressed
wage of J1 25 an hour and union concern over the shipment of
Union otficials have said they contracts it claims firm work- melons out of Rio Grande Otv,
era are paid wages below the re- saying that concerned them
quired minimum wage of $1 an more than expected attempts by
hour. the union to halt the movement
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of transportation of the melons
to market" and said officials of
other unions have pledged sup-
port to a union boycott that
“will assure that even if the
melons get to the wbolesale or
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(API — Leaders of a militant Organizing Committee. AFL— union wins or the farmers win,"
farm labor union offered man- CIO, which has sought to orga- Chief Deputy Sheriff Raul Pena
agement of La Casita Farms "a nize mostly Mexican-American said
choice between reasonable mege- field hands in Start County since ■ We are just here to enforce
fiations or the stench of rotting last June with limited success, the law I was Pena wto
melons" as a possible record has long vowed that the 1967 created a furor both here and
crop neared matunty Saturday melon season will be "put up in San Antonio Feb 1 when he
Some light harvesting of can- or shut up time” and farm of-; arrested five Roman Catholic
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produce this year."
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Fisher, Norman. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 175, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 7, 1967, newspaper, May 7, 1967; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1490293/m1/3/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.